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Rivalen der Luft is a film directed by Frank Wisbar with Claus Clausen
Rivalen der Luft (1934)
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Add to a movie listRivalen der Luft – ein Segelfliegerfilm (Engl: Rivals of the Air - a film on gliding) is a German movie released in January 1934, which in 1945 got banned by the Allied Control Council as Nazi Propaganda film, although it was later removed from the list of so-called Conditional Films.
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Using the rather shallow topic of gliding flight and a love story as background, the film depicts the struggle of humans with nature in a very heroic and lofty fashion. A rivalry between two glider pilots over a woman and over flying trophies is used as allegory of the struggle of man against nature, but also as the struggle of Germany against its (supposed) enemies.Actors
Claus Clausen
(Willi Frahms)
Sybille Schmitz
(Sportfliegerin Lisa Holm)
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
(Flugschüler Karl Hofer)
Werner Stock
Volker von Collande
Hans Henninger
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